In our latest Top 10, STEPHEN ROBERTS considers the best locations where ingenious use of railway heritage can help us to escape the ‘Rat Race’

This issue’s Ten Pictures are from the various cameras of Dave McAlone, who’s been recording the railway scene since 1979. His first camera was a Zorki, manufactured in the USSR and an inferior copy o

Being too young to go to Shildon in 1975, my railway hobby started with the Liverpool and Manchester Rocket 150 celebrations in May 1980. I have lasting memories of visiting Rainhill for the cavalcade

The railway has been shaped by its people -from the early pioneers, through waves of immigration and women in wartime, to today’s diverse leaders. TONY STREETER reports

Some final thoughts from the team at RAIL

WE all love a night at the movies or settling down for our favourite television programme – but it seems that we also love visiting where they were filmed. Set-jetting, as it’s known, has become big b